Cycling across the Strabrechtse Heide
- The Netherlands
- North Brabant
- Geldrop-Mierlo
- 35.98 km (Approximately 02:07 u)
- Cycling route 115405
Cycling across the Strabrechtse Heide
- The Netherlands
- North Brabant
- Geldrop-Mierlo
- 35.98 km (Approximately 02:07 u)
- Cycling route 115405
The Strabrechtse Heide is one of the most beautiful heathlands in North Brabant. You will experience plenty of silence here. In between you can go to Heeze. Here you can get off at Tapperij De Zwaan for a coffee and something tasty before driving to Heeze Castle. This moated castle is located in a beautiful location and is a real photo opportunity. Then you cycle across the Strabrechtse Heide again. You pass the Hoenderboom, where the borders of five surrounding municipalities once met. Nearby you will see the Grafven, where it is said that a number of women were murdered here at the end of the sixteenth century on charges of witchcraft. In Lierop you will pass the striking Holy Name Jesus Church from 1892, the route ends on the wooded edge of Mierlo.
Directions
| # | Description | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| De Strabrechtse Hoeve (Aardborstweg, 5731 PS, Geldrop-Mierlo, North Brabant, The Netherlands) | 0.00 km | |
87 | 87 (5731PT, Heeze-Leende, North Brabant, The Netherlands) | 1.45 km |
63 | 63 (5715PS, Geldrop-Mierlo, North Brabant, The Netherlands) | 2.97 km |
88 | 88 (Heezerweg, 5731PT, Heeze-Leende, North Brabant, The Netherlands) | 4.41 km |
12 | 12 (5591BP, Heeze-Leende, North Brabant, The Netherlands) | 7.16 km |
13 | 13 (5591HE, Heeze-Leende, North Brabant, The Netherlands) | 7.78 km |
Pause places
De Strabrechtse Hoeve
Aardborstweg 19
5731 PS Geldrop-Mierlo
http://www.strabrechtsehoeve.nl
The Strabrechtse Hoeve is the ideal starting point for beautiful cycling and walking tours in and around the Strabrechtse Heide. Here you will find a cozy terrace where you can have a coffee with something delicious or have lunch, so that you can start your tour with enough energy. If you wish, you can reserve a table immediately, so that you can refuel with a delicious meal after your wonderful tour. This location also has 10 camper pitches so you can also book a night here.
Tapperij De Zwaan
23
5591 HC Heeze-Leende
http://www.tapperijdezwaan.nl
Tapperij De Zwaan is located in the center of Heeze, next to the impressive Heeze Castle. The pub is an ideal starting and finishing point for your walks and cycling routes, because in the area you will find the nature reserves De Strabrechtse- and de Groote Heide and De Herbertusbossen. Enjoy a few hours in nature and then settle down in a comfortable chair at Tapperij De Zwaan to relax. Here you can enjoy a cup of coffee, a choice of 160 specialty beers, 8 open wines and a delicious lunch or dinner.
Sights
Kasteel Heeze
During the war, the municipal population register was regularly stored safely in the castle. As a result, it was also preserved when the resistance in a robbery set fire to the town hall of Heeze in September 1943, see also point 25 below. Because Heeze had no town hall at the time, the castle was also used as such for a short time.
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